Testimonials, overviews, trainings, and presentations pertaining to SBIRT and the Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles.



I. SBIRT Wisconsin Stakeholder Testimonial
Stakeholders from all corners of health care--insurance purchasers and providers, physicians, government agencies, legislators, and patients--speak in favor of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, or SBIRT, as a cost-saving, effective program to help people with problem drinking or drug use. Featuring Karen Timberlake, Secretary, Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services.

II. Patients Speak for SBIRT
Patients testify that Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral-to-Treatment (SBIRT) saved their jobs and, in one case, a patient's life.

III. Overview of the Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles

We offer them in both RealPlayer and QuickTime format. QuickTime videos may be downloaded to your computer by using your right click and "save as."

In RealPlayer:

Part One: WIPHL Rationale (ca. 19 min.), RealPlayer

Part Two: WIPHL Program (ca. 21 min.), Real Player

Part Three: WIPHL Update (ca. 5.5 min.), RealPlayer

Part Four: WIPHL Demo Videos for Clinic Staff (ca. 6.5 min.), RealPlayer

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In QuickTime (videos may be downloaded using right click):

Part One: WIPHL Rationale (ca. 19 min.), QuickTime

Part Two: WIPHL Program (ca. 21 min.), QuickTime

Part Three: WIPHL Update (ca. 5.5 min.), QuickTime

Part Four: WIPHL Demo Videos for Clinic Staff (ca. 6.5 min.), QuickTime

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IV. Comments about WIPHL by Milwaukee Leaders
Milwaukee Commissioner of Health Bevan Baker and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm join others in speaking about the value of SBIRT services. (Oct. 2008)

Bevan Baker and John Chisholm on WIPHL (54 minutes)

V. Presentation by Dean D. Krahn, MD
Dean D. Krahn, a nationally renowned psychiatrist with the University of Wisconsin and the Veterans Health Administration, gives a presentation about addictions and the brain. (Oct. 2008)

Addictions and the Brain, Dean D. Krahn, MD (ca. 80 minutes)

VI. Presentation by John R. Knight, MD
John R. Knight, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Children's Hospital Boston, keynotes a WIPHL training session on adolescent SBIRT services. (Oct. 2008)

SBIRT and Adolescents, John R. Knight, MD (ca. 90 minutes)

VII. Presentation by Larry Gentilello, MD, FACS
Larry Gentilello, MD, FACS, a professor of surgery, management, policy, and community health at the University of Texas in Dallas, gives a presentation at a statewide research forum held by the UW-Madison Department of Family Medicine in October 2009. Dr. Gentilello is a pioneering researcher in SBIRT.

Alcohol Screening and Intervention in Emergency Departments and Trauma Center Settings, Larry Gentilello, MD, FACS (ca. 40 minutes)